The special event was part of the National Education Association's Read Across America celebration. This week, Read Across America celebrated its 19th annual Read Across America event, with schools across the country taking part in different initiatives to promote reading.

"This is the first time we've done something like this, but I think it's going so well that we'll do it again," said Freedom Intermediate fifth grade teacher Judy Foster. "It's great to see how students can really encourage other students and serve as a peer mentor as well."

Despite the cold, rainy weather Freedom Intermediate students walked down the street to Johnson Elementary to spend about 30 minutes reading to pre-kindergartners.

On Wednesday, many schools across the country celebrated the 112th birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss.